The first of up to 390 prisoners are being released early in the latest attempt to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails. Emergency legislation was passed last year which allows eligible inmates ...

The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost nearly £1bn, almost double the previous estimate. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed a cost of £998.4m for HMP Glasgow in a letter to the ...

Mary McGoldrick received a letter from trans prisoner Jo White who had been posted her name, address and intimate social work ...

PRISON staff were last night blasted for allowing deprived paedos to sing a controversial song during a music lesson.

Barlinnie's governor has responded after Glasgow's new jail was branded a "leisure centre". Conservative leader Russell Findlay previously clashed with John Swinney at First Minister’s Question Time ...

He explained: “The main difference is at a Victorian prison, the transactional tasks take up all the time. "In Barlinnie, it takes an hour and a half for a meal in one house block.

The governor of Barlinnie said the "battle against drones continues" in Scotland's largest prison. Michael Stoney spoke ...

Barlinnie governor Michael Stoney said drones are the 'latest scourge' and the 'battle' against them 'continues' ...

At least eight inmates were released from Scotland's largest prison HMP Barlinnie earlier. Some got into waiting vehicles while others walked down the road together from the Glasgow prison.